Five 'Caps named to Canada's preliminary 40-player Gold Cup roster

Five Vancouver Whitecaps FC players have been named to Canada’s preliminary 40-player roster for this summer’s Concacaf Gold Cup, Concacaf announced today.

Goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau, centre backs Derek Cornelius and Doneil Henry, left back/winger Brett Levis, and midfielder Russell Teibert all made the initial list for Canada. They are joined by Whitecaps FC Academy products Sam Adekugbe, Alphonso Davies, Adam Straith, and Simon Thomas. See the full 40-player roster below.

The final 23-player rosters will be announced by Concacaf the first week of June. After the official announcement, only injury-related changes will be allowed, up until 24 hours before each team’s first match. Any injury…